Radiant energy – Calibration or standardization methods
Patent
1975-03-31
1976-09-07
Smith, Alfred E.
Radiant energy
Calibration or standardization methods
250345, 250565, G01D 1800
Patent
active
039795896
ABSTRACT:
A dual path analyzer and a single path analyzer are disclosed, each for determining the concentration of one or more gaseous components in a mixture of gases. The preferred analyzer is a single path instrument which includes a source of infrared energy, a detector for the energy, a sample cell for the gas mixture positioned between the source and detector, and a filter wheel having a plurality of filters and a source blocking device positioned between the sample cell and detector for sequentially interposing the filters and the source blocking device between the source and the detector. Means are provided for amplifying the output signal of the detector and for processing the signal to provide a direct readout display which indicates the concentration of the gaseous components being analyzed. The processing electronics preferably include provision for calibrating the analyzer with clean ambient air, for compensating for background levels of radiation, and for correcting the displayed output signal for the effects of absorption band interferences between two or more gases in the gas mixture. The structure of the dual path analyzer includes a source of infrared energy, a detector for the energy, a sample cell for the gas mixture, a cell for a reference gas, and optical path means between the source and detector for sequentially directing the source energy through the sample cell, the reference cell, and through neither cell. Processing electronics similar to the single path instrument can be incorporated to compensate for background radiation and absorption band interferences.
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Lennington John W.
Sternberg Stanley R.
Young James E.
Abbott John S.
Bergishagen Finn
Hutchinson Kenneth A.
Lennington John W.
Nelms D. C.
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